Gale Gordon Quotes

Gale Gordon — American Actor born on February 02, 1906, died on June 30, 1995

Gale Gordon was an American character actor perhaps best remembered as Lucille Ball's longtime television foil—and particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball's second television situation comedy, The Lucy Show. Gordon also had starring roles in Ball's third series Here's Lucy and her short-lived fourth and final series Life with Lucy. He is remembered for his role as school principal Osgood Conklin in the early 1950s television hit show Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden. Gordon was also a respected and beloved radio actor... (wikipedia)

I've worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on.

I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.

I think anybody who has been in the theater, prefers it. Television is a... factory. You turn out things on a revolving assembly line. You don't have time to perfect anything in television.

My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.

My wife and I love to read. We're going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs.